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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 28, 1988.

LORDS URGE

BRITISH

PRESSURE ON JAPAN

Lord Halifax: Government ConsideringAction

Open If Japan

Procrastinates

Lord Cecil Denies Right Of Britain To Sit Quiet

London, To-day.

Empire to a limit which would make her understand that two can play that game. Lord Elibank suggested that Bri- tain might. give notice of the repeal

which we had the right to protect. SPECIFIC INFRINGEMENTS Referring to matters raised by Lord Elibank such as navigation.în the Yangtee and other inland waterways, the Whangpoo Conser- vancy, access to British property in Shanghai and British interests of the Anglo-Japanese Import Duties in railways, Lord Halifax said that Agreement of 1911, and added that all these matters were at present Japan was expanding her commer-under discussion between the Gov- cial shipping at the expense of the ernment and the Japanese Foreign British and that matter we should Minister.

Pending the outcome of the dis take seriously, in hand by granting

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DISCRIMINATION

Baid

The Cabinet's China Loan decision and other ques-subsidies to British shipping be- cussion, which obviously touched tions affecting China are not being allowed to tween India, Japan and Australia. closely on British rights and inter- Lord Elibank urged that the Bri-ests, Lord Elibank would not rest by the Opposition.

he would bear in mind the request In the House of Lords last night, during the foreign tish Government should use every expect him to go into details but form of diplomatic pressure and that the results should be made affairs debate, Lord Snell asked whether the otherwise to induce Japan to

the earliest possible Government's decisions in respect to the pro- the British viewpoint, and conclud- posed China Loan were final, or whether they tervention of the moderate party might be reconsidered, or whether any alterna- in Japan that he placed the only tive help such as expansion of export credit hope for the future. facilities would be extended. The Earl of Crewe said it seemed to some of them exhausted our powers of putting Ambassador in Tokyo, Sir Robert

that the mere fact that the loan could not be regarded as a gilt-edged security by the Exche quer should not necessarily be an overriding He would rather see the war stop ped by some kind of measures against consideration if political arugments were in its

Japan

the than by

giving hoped to retire to this country to the Chinese the power of fight favour.

would not be able to leave because ing more vigorously than they were they would not be able to withdraw fighting. their savings.

Lord Elibank claimed that Bri tain had the right to protect its own interests and wherever assail- ed, to take every legitimate mea-

ALTERNATIVE TO WAR":

Lord Elibank said that mat ters in China (Japanese infringe- ment of rights), had been going from bad to worse since he last raised the matter in February while in Shanghai things were still very bad. After referring to conditions on the Yangtse and the pure for their-protection. position of British trade in Shanghai, Lord Elibank said that another notorious scandal was the quantity of Japanese goods entering Shanghai on the plea of being military cargoes, whereas at the same time those goods were underselling foreign com- petitors and showing how wide an interpretation was being placed on the term "military cargo."

was

TSINGTAO TRICKS · Lord Elibank pointed out how Japanese discrimination operative. No British ship, for instance, was allowed to

go alongside the extensive wharves in Tsingtao, while Japanese ships enjoyed all facilities and if any German vessels visited the port they were granted wharfage fa- cilities as well.

He suggested that here was a case in which perhaps, one or two of His Majesty's men- o-war might visit the port and so obtain fair play for our shipping as well as that of other nationalities.

Referring to the establishment of a Federated Reserve Bank in Peiping, Lord Elibank said, that the Japanese evidently hoped to ex- haust China's foreign exchange.. Since June, the Japanese had been forcing the Chinese in North China to use Federated Reserve Bank

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Not only was this causing finite confusion, but it clearly showed an attempt to link North China's currency with the yen as had been done in Manchuria,

The British Arms in North China were seriously afraid that a similar law to that applying in Manchuria was like be imposed. Those who lived their lives in China and

If the Japanese would not listen to reason and we surely do not desire to fight them in a military sense — we should use other mea- sures to this end.

"He would like to see the Governments of the British Empire arrange a plan under which, unless Japanese res pected our interests in China, we should, through import duties and other means, reduce her export trade in the British

LORD CECIL Lord Cecil said we had not yet

and we had not the right to

Bit

stop to the Japanese war on China quiet..

Pressure upon Japan was more likely to be effective than assist- ance to China.

Continuing, Lord Halifax that he was satisfied that there had. been discrimination in Tsingtao and on instructions, the British

Craigie, had made strong repre-

sentations on the matter to the Ja- From a re- panese Government, cent report, it appeared that Sir Robert Craigie hoped for early re- medial action, if this Was not already taken.

With regard to the evasion of Customs duties by the Japanese it had hitherto only been possible to induce the Japanese to agree that the regular Customs duties at Japanese-controlled wharves should

BRITISH VIEW Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secre.

on all Japanese commercial tary, replying for the Government,

provided the examiners said that the Japanese claimed that

Japanese nationality. the action they wer

were taking was in

The Government were fully alive defence of their interests in China.

We have every right to expect, the to the difficulties of the situation Japanese to recognise that if they with regard to the question of North had certain interests to protect, we China currency and the dangers în- had the same and were not un- volved to British trade: The in- mindful of our responsibilities troduction of the Federated Reserve which we had every intention of Bank notes, it would appear, had been a very ill-advised decision discharging.

"The Government is already from every point of view, including considering the possible action open that of the Japanese Government to us if we do not secure adequate itself. considerations for our Interests

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